Dean Birkett Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Supporting the internal teams on their accessibility journey, from auditing design system components, through to working with the design team to ensure accessibility considerations are included at an earlier stage.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Through accessibility audits, internal workshops or presentations, or working directly on design problems inside a company's design library, I help businesses reach wider audiences, strengthen brand reputation, comply.
• create accessibility documentation in Design Systems to help teams understand, learn and test
• audit products to locate the issues and advise Product, Design and Engineering teams
• create or advise on components to ensure that the Design Library outputs compliant solutions
• create tailored workshops focused on increasing the internal knowledge of Designers and Copywriters
• act as a coach for Designers, Copywriters, Developers, QA/Testers and Product owners

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• I have had the pleasure of speaking at the offices of large recognised companies such as Google and Apple, and also experienced the joy of talking at smaller events and seeing new designers get new insights. Helping.
• increase your Design team's knowledge of accessibility and best practices through a (tailored) in-person or remote workshop
• talk at your event about designing through an accessibility lens, usability testing and research tips, selling accessibility into your organisation, and other topics

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• After spending many years being a ‘UX team of one’ I was able to step in and immediately support teams in a variety of ways, from research and wireframing to usability testing and UI design. ► My skills in this area:
• switch seamlessly between strategic thinking and tactical delivery
• manage projects from concept to execution
• conceptualize ideas into solid, user-centred designs
• work collaboratively with internal and external teams
• present ideas to key stakeholders

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Working within the Design Systems team, although collaborating throughout other units to help Air France KLM on improving their customer-facing digital products.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Providing accessibility training for the internal Skyscanner teams and supporting the accessibility efforts in Backpack, Skyscanner's design system.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Focusing on improving the accessibility of all customer-facing touchpoints (future website, mobile app(s), kiosk, email) for both Air France and KLM. Performing manual accessibility tests for the products, and working with the Design Systems team to ensure accessibility considerations are front and centre.Alongside, the hands-on work I am strategising ways.

Amsterdam Area

eBay Classifieds Group merged with Adevinta in June 2021. My role is to continue providing accessibility and usabilty guidance in the design system.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Supporting the accessibility efforts in Skyscanner's Design System, Backpack.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Providing accessibility support on the core app. Presenting key findings to the teams involved, offering suggestions and fixes where possible.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Working with the DesignOps lead to help build the eBay Design System. Establishing accessibility as a core throughout the system.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

After a small project focused on accessibility for the Polestar project, my focus has shifted to look at ways to improve the experience of visitors to the consumer-facing Philips website.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Focusing on improving the accessibility of all customer-facing touchpoints (future website, mobile app(s), kiosk, email) for both Air France and KLM. Performing manual tests on all key areas (as per the DOT ruling), liaising with legal and researching local, international, and domain-specific laws (eg. ACAA/EU directives/US law).Creating workshops and.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Interaction and visual design for the Air France / KLM website project. Focus on the post-booking experience and user profile. Created a high-level concept for the integration of ancillaries into My Trip, and the first iteration of the My Trips landing page.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Working on the KLM mobile apps with a focus on accessibility. Creating designs, and validating prototypes with travellers. Created a components library for Android, based on Material Design guidelines.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

I was the UX team-of-one for a company building meaningful applications for people with physical, vision, communication and reading impairments.During my time at AssistiveWare I helped increase their knowledge of user-centred design, which led to many improvements through the apps, including the new user flows for Proloquo2Go and Proloquo4Text, and the.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Building websites for the largest cultural heritage aggregator in Europe. With over 56 million objects from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. I researched and uncovered design solutions to make this data and digital objects freely accessible for those who needed them.Historically I championed responsive design and Accessibility in the.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Webmaster for the v1.0 and v2.0 Europeana website, and all project websites. Designed the first Virtual Exhibitions website, newsletter, and the Europeana blog.Dealt with all branding issues, and created digital and physical assets, such as logos, posters and notepads.

Leiden, Netherlands

Rack & Ruin Records was a not for profit online record label, which actively promoted independent artists from around the globe. Offering their music online for free gave the artists international exposure, from a previously localised fan base. I researched, wireframed, designed and developed the site, moving it through various iterations before it finally.

Noordwijk, Netherlands

DMS/RID setup for projects located in the Science area of ESTEC. Application support for all in-house applications, as well as Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, and other software packages. Hardware installation and support, covering all desktop PC’s, printers, fax, and the mainframe system. This also covered network support for the area. Created user guides.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

Computer operations on ALTOS, and Data General Systems. Established, populated and maintained a helpdesk. Provided software support for Microsoft Office applications, Lotus Notes, SAP. Network support on Novell network.